A Peruvian archbishop has said Pope Francis must be prepared for strong criticism following publication of his encyclical on the environment.
Archbishop Pedro Barreto Jimeno of Huancayo said the encyclical, to be released on June 18, will have many critics.
This is because “because they want to continue setting rules of the game in which money takes first place”.
“We have to be prepared for those kinds of attacks.”
The archbishop said that there would controversy once people had read the Pope’s new encyclical because resisting the “throwaway culture” by being satisfied with less means “putting money at the service of people, instead of people serving money”.
Archbishop Barreto worked closely with then-Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio in 2007 on a document by the Latin American bishops’ council that included an unprecedented section on the environment.
The archbishop was not involved with the drafting of the new encyclical.
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